A new
survey from the Pew Research Center shows that the “generation gap” that once
pitted young people against their own parents has closed significantly. That’s
not to say today’s generations see eye to eye on a whole lot more — 80% of
respondents see a “very different” or “somewhat different” take on moral values
and work ethic — but today’s young people and their parents seem better able to
talk without fighting, according to Paul Taylor of Pew. Commenting on the
survey, Matt Heneman, a 26-year-old freelance filmmaker in New York, told USA Today:
“Part of baby boomers’ challenging the status quo might have played more into
the fact that they were challenging their parents. We’re not necessarily
challenging our parents. We’re trying to figure out what challenges of the
world to take on.”